Human rights - HSC
Texts
- Human rights: Australian versus the UN, by Hilary Charlesworth, Discussion Paper 22/06, Demographic Audit of Australia, Australian National University, August 2006 democratic.audit.anu.edu.au/papers/20060809_charlesworth_aust_un.pdf
- Protecting human rights in Australia: a community education kit, Public Interest Advocacy Centre, 2004. Factsheets - Introduction to human rights, age discrimination, civil and political rights, disability, education, environment and human rights, health, housing, indigenous, refugee and asylum seekers, sexuality, social security, women, workers. (Get it : In public libraries)
- Human rights in Australia: treaties, statutes and cases, by Martin Flynn, LexisNexis, 2003. (Get it : SL)
- Bill of Rights, Hot Topics 54, Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), 2005. Available at liac.sl.nsw.gov.au/hot/pdf/bill_rights_54.pdf (PDF 595kb)
- Human rights, Hot Topics 35, Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC), 2001. Available at www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/liac/hot_topic/hottopic/2001/5/
- The Law Handbook 10th ed, Redfern Legal Centre Publishing, 2007. Chapter 19: Discrimination. Chapter 30: Human rights complaints to the UN. (Get it : In public libraries)
- Discrimination law and practice 3rd ed, by Chris Ronalds and Rachel Pepper, Federation Press, 2008. (Get it : In public libraries)
- Retreat from injustice: human rights law in Australia, 2nd ed by O'Neill et al, Federation Press, 2004. Available online are Chapters 6-7. (Get it : In public libraries)
- NSW Parliamentary Library Research Papers. Provides a list and links to the full text of background and briefing papers on human rights. Available at www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/v3ListRPSubject?open&vwCat=Human+Rights
- Children's rights, Issues in Society 198, 2004. Overview of the topic (and fast facts) at www.spinneypress.com.au/198%20Children's%20Rights.html(Get it : SL)
- A Guide through the maze, New Internationalist, 408, January 2008. www.newint.org/features/2008/01/01/maze/
Media - newspapers, magazines and journals
- AGISPlus via Informit. A database which includes the fulltext of magazine articles. You need to register as a client of the State Library of NSW.
- Suggested search terms: human rights, refugees, bill of rights, torture, trafficking of children, terrorism, indigenous peoples, capital punishment, child soldiers, capital punishment, children in detention, homelessness.
- Search instructions.
- Proquest ANZ Newsstand. A database of fulltext newspaper articles.
You need to register as a client of the State Library.
- Suggested search terms: human rights, refugees, bill of rights, torture, trafficking of children, terrorism, indigenous peoples, capital punishment, child soldiers, capital punishment, children in detention, homelessness.
- Search instructions.
- Infocus. You can purchase articles from the State Library, or ask your school or local library to order them. Tip: Select Legal Studies as HSC Subject. Search key words such as human rights.(Get it : SL)
Websites
- Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission www.humanrights.gov.au/
- New Internationalist www.newint.org/
- United Nations - Human Rights website www.un.org/rights/
- NSW Anti-Discrimination Board website www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/adb
- Amnesty International www.amnesty.org.au/
- Civil and Human Rights - Parliament of Australia Library. Law Internet Resources www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/law/civlaw.htm
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights www.ohchr.org/english/
Treaties and Conventions
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1966 www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cescr.htm
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights 1966 www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ccpr.htm
State Library of NSW access
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